Summary:
Spooner, Wisconsin is home to one public high school serving grades 9–12: Spooner High, a school of 361 students in the Spooner Area School District in northern Wisconsin. Because it is the only high school in the city, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; instead, the most useful way to understand this school is by comparing it to its district, to Wisconsin statewide averages, and to its own results over time.
The school's strongest results are in graduation and Social Studies. Its graduation rate of 95.1% in 2024–2025 is above the state's 92.0% and matches the district rate. In Social Studies, 54.29% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, above the state's 48.25%, and that gap widened from the prior year. Science proficiency also improved, rising from 39.02% to 43.04%, putting it essentially even with the state. Overall, the school's ranking improved from the 43rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 51st percentile in 2025–2026, moving from 2 stars to 3 stars.
There are real concerns as well. Chronic absenteeism is 22.9%, higher than the district's 16.0% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate of 1.7% is above both. English Language Arts fell from 48.78% to 41.77% proficiency, and Math dropped from 45.12% to 40.51%; both are now below state averages after being at or above them the year before. Roughly 41.27% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $14,481, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.3. In short, Spooner High graduates students at a strong rate and shines in Social Studies, but attendance and recent ELA and Math declines are the areas to watch.
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